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EU wants to regulatecultivation of fruit and

vegetables in gardensGerman Economic News | Posted: 23:04:13, 00:27 |Updated: 25/04/13, 11:42 am | 1,864 Comments

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The European Commission wants to impose on farmers

and gardeners in the future the use of unit seed. Old

and rare species have little chance of an approval, its

cultivation is punishable by law - even if it takes place

in the private garden.
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The European Commission is working on a revision of

the European seed market in the form of a Regulation

(Preparatory EU paper in the original , English). Thus, a

decision of the European Court is legalized in July 2012:

Farmers are allowed to sell only officially authorized

seed. So far, old and rare seed varieties were excluded

that were grown in long standing economic and

exchange traded, usually in small quantities. If it goes

to the Commission's plans, small farmers or individuals

may not even give away their homegrown seeds in the

future.

Many conventional vegetables and cereals are thus

disappear from cultivation, criticize Austrian

environmental organizations. The mandatory

registration of all varieties would lead to a complete

unification. The small-scale agriculture is thus

completely excluded from the seed-disclosure, it says in

the text accompanying a joint petition of Noah's Arkand Global in 2000. For them, the procedure for seed

species with insurmountable bureaucratic and financial

hurdles should be connected. In addition,

environmentalists fear a strict official control. When

replacing non-approved seed varieties to harsh

penalties.

Beneficiaries of the normalization are the only food

groups that are already split the bulk of the seed

market among themselves ( here ). For years, makes

the lobby of the agricultural industry in Brussels mood
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for a further step in the direction of seed cartel.

Objective is to control the entire food production by a

few large corporations. Already, smaller competitors

are forced by displaying Monsanto and Co to

exclusively buy their seed. In the future, now also face

administrative penalties.

Consumers have a little more freedom of choice, which

lands on his plate, it is in a open letter from more than

a dozen European environmental organizations to the

Commission and the EU Parliament. Less diversity and

less hot colors and tastes, and ultimately less food

quality. Is now calling for a complete restructuring of

the ongoing reform process. Users had a greater seed

varieties available to provide diversity, especially

species that are adapted to local conditions. This would

help to reduce the use of pesticides, fertilizers and

water and to reduce the pollution of soil and water.

Initiatives, such as environmental organizations or a

request of the Greens in the Austrian Parliament but

will probably be ineffective unless several Member

States against the proposed regulation occur. Yet the

decision has not been implemented. The EU

Commission is on 6 May submit their draft, after the

European Parliament hasto deal with it.

If Parliament were to wave through the regulation and

private people can no longer spread in their fruit and

vegetable products, if not the EU standards.
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It is indicative of the lack of democratic legitimacy of

the EU that such fundamental decisions are taken,

without the citizens noticed anything about it. Is

Regulation once adopted, are the food groups in the

right and the citizens on the defensive and will have the

greatest difficulty in making the legal regulations undo.

Members of the European Parliament should have not

even read the request for regulation.

They buy their food at the supermarket.

Read:

How the EU responded to the protest assault

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